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implicar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  • implicate verb To show that someone is involved in something wrong or criminal.
  • imply verb To suggest something indirectly without stating it outright.
  • nitpick verb To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
  • tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.

Senses

implicar is used for these senses in English:

  • entail (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
  • implicate (transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
  • imply (transitive, of a proposition) To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.
  • nitpick (figurative) To correct insignificant mistakes or find fault in unimportant details.
  • tease (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.

entail — full definition

  1. verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  2. noun (law) An estate whose inheritance is restricted to a specific line of heirs.

implicate — full definition

  1. verb To show that someone is involved in something wrong or criminal.
  2. verb To suggest or imply something as a natural consequence.

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